– Edward Said
The late Palestinian scholar, Edward Said, remarked that Palestinians had been denied permission to narrate their history and speak of the day-to-day experiences of life in the margins. Here, we reclaim that permission to narrate our own stories.
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Ali Abunimah Named Palestine Center Fellow For Immediate Release Contact: Samar Assad (202) 338-1290 Washington, D.C. (March 3, 2008) – The Palestine Center welcomes Mr. Ali Abunimah as its non-resident fellow. Mr. Abunimah is an expert on Palestine, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and is the author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the … Read more
Palestine Center Condemns Israeli Aggression against Gaza For Immediate Release Contact: Samar Assad (202) 338-1290 Washington, D.C. (March 3, 2008) – The Palestine Center calls on the international community to hold Israel accountable for its deadly onslaught against Gaza, which left over 100 Palestinian civilians, including children, dead in a five day period. The latest … Read more
Palestine Center Alarmed over Israeli Threats of a “Holocaust” in the Gaza Strip For Immediate Release Contact: Samar Assad (202) 338-1290 Washington, D.C. (February 29, 2008) – The Palestine Center is extremely concerned over a recent threat by Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai of a large-scale invasion on Gaza, the magnitude of … Read more
Born in the Palestinian village of Reineh outside of Nazareth in 1959, Zahi Khamis emigrated to Europe and then to the United States in his early twenties.
In recent decades, the Christian community of Bethlehem has decreased dramatically from around eighty percent of the total population, to less than ten percent today. Since the construction of the Separation Wall, which divides Bethlehem from Jerusalem, and the twenty or so surrounding Israeli settlements, the situation of Bethlehem’s Christians has deteriorated such that many of the few remaining Christians, especially the young and educated, consider leaving their country as the only choice for their future.
Panel I – Mechanics of “Politicide:” Palestinians since 1967; Panel II – Consequences of “Politicide”; Panel III – The “Politicide” of Others: Do Palestinians Have Options
against “Politicide?”
This collection celebrates the romance of the Arabic language. Words have an energy force that influences our daily life. Their impact can reshape history negatively or positively. A hateful word has an ugly vibration, imprinting a permanently painful scar.
Dr. SUHEIR DAOUD NAMED PALESTINE CENTER FELLOW For Immediate Release Contact: Samar Assad (202) 338-1290 Washington, D.C. (September 4, 2007) – The Palestine Center welcomes Dr. Suheir Abu Oksa Daoud as its non-resident fellow. Dr. Daoud is an expert on the Israeli political system and Israel’s Arab citizens. Dr. Daoud is a Palestinian … Read more
JERUSALEM FUND TREASURER LEADS MEDICAL TEAM TO PALESTINE, INAUGURATES DIABETES CENTER For Immediate Release Contact: Samar Assad (202) 338-1290 Washington, DC (June 6 2007) _ On 23 June 2007, Jerusalem Fund Treasurer Dr. Eid Mustafa will lead a group of 30 volunteer doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals on a 7-day mission to the Occupied Palestinian … Read more
Through educational events, humanitarian support, and cultural preservation, the Jerusalem Fund is helping build the movement for Palestinian liberation.
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